SHE IS KNOWN AS "MUJAJI". SHE IS THE RAIN QUEEN WHO NEVER DIES. THE LOVEDU PEOPLE CALL UPON HER IN TIMES OF DROUGHT, WHEN SHE USES SECRET CHARMS AND THE HELP OF HER ANCESTORS TO MAKE RAIN AND KEEP THE LAND IN GOOD HEALTH. SHE IS THE SOUTH AFRICAN GODDESS OF THE RAIN WHO RULES OVER THE RAINFALL, STORMS, FLOODS, AND PURIFICATION, AS WELL AS DROUGHT. SHE BRINGS GENTLE RAINS TO THE LAND WHEN SHE IS HAPPY, AND DESTRUCTIVE TEMPESTS WHEN SHE IS ANGRY.

"MUJAJ"I IS THE QUEEN OF HER PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO KING, BUT SHE SELDOM APPEARED TO HUMAN BEINGS. SHE IS SAID TO RESIDE IN THE DRAKENSBERG MOUNTAINS. IN TIMES PAST, SHE WAS PROPITIATED WITH SACRIFICES OF CATTLE. SHE CLEANSES WORSHIPERS IN PREPARATION FOR RITUAL, AND THE PEOPLE DANCE AS AN OFFERING TO HER. THOSE WHO WORSHIPED HER WERE BLESSED WITH GENTLE RAIN THAT MADE THEIR GARDENS FLOURISH.